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J. S. SANDT, OFST. JGS'E'P/H, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent o. 78,485, tctteflfmzc 2,1868.

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. Be it known that I, J. SANDT, of St. Joseph, in the eountyof Buchanan, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and 'useful Improved Apparatus for Curing Hops, of` which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being-had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, in wbichw Figure 1 represents a longitudinalsectional elevation et' my invention.

Figure 2 represents a transverse sectional elevation of' same.

Similar letters indicate like parts,

The object of my invention is toproduce a drying orcuring-house, which may be easily and perfectly ventilated, and in which the hops, while curing, may he thoroughly stirred from the outside of the house.

Taking a curing-house, A', figs. 1, 2, constructed in the ordinary "way, I make.the iloor and ends unite in a curve, as shown at a a', iig. 1; then alongthe middle of Vthe sides I arrange two racks IJ, tig. 1, 5 b', iig. 2, one on each side, and extending within a short distance of either end of the house. A shaft, B, Jrigs. 1, 2, hav ing on either end a pinion, c e', fig. 2, is made of sufficient length to rest on theseracks. Midway hetwceuthe pinions a douhle-grooved driving-wheel, C, figs. 1, il, is keyed to the shaft. From this `.shaft extends a series oi' radial arms, d, fig. 1,11 l1 di, 35e., fig. 2, passing through the same at right angles, to a second series'of arms, 7L, fig. 1, z t h2, die., iig. 2, also passing through the shaft. These arms are made just lshort enough to escape the floor when set in motion., p

A pulley, D, iig. 1, is lixcd to one end of the house, on the inside, and a small wheel, E, provided with a crank, it', is placed ou the outside of the house, at the end opposite D, D being nearly on a line with the top of C, while yE is in the line of the shaft B. l

An endless rope, m, is passed twice round the wheels C and E, and through the pulley D, in such a. manner "that, by turningr the crank; k, the pinions may be made tov travel on the racks from one end ofthe house to the other, as desired. v

To either side of the ridge-'pole o, figs. 1, 2, ventilators H, iig. 1, H Hf, fig, 2, are ixed, being-made to. cover corresponding openingsin the root. j

. A lover, S, gs. 1, 2, pivoted in the ridge-pole at t, and connected by ropes e, lig. 1, e e', fig. 2, with the ventilators, and'by a rope, 7, passing over the pulley p, on the end of the ridge-pole, witha crank-wheel, P, on the end of the house,- serv`es to raise the ventilators, which are h eavy enough to fall by'their own weight.

The ventilators being closed, as seen in fig. 1, and the hops placed in the house by a door conveniently,

arranged, not shown, if the heat becomes teo great, they may be easily raised till they assume the position shown in fig. 2. By turning the cra|1k,lc,'the shaft and its arms aremade to travel back and forth, continually stirring the hops,witl1out requiring the operator to entelr the room, and more eli'ectually than it could be done hy hand, since, by reason of the curving sides of the house, lno portion of them is out of reach of the arms.

' the use'of this apparatus, two things, mest vessential to a proper curing` of hops, are obtained, namely, complete control over the temperature of the house, and a thorough and continual stirringl ot' the hops while drying.

What I claim vas my invention, and-desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`-.

1. Thblventilators H H', lever S, `ropes e e and g, pulleyp, and wheel P of a hop-curing house, all arranged, in relation to each other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The racks ZJ la', shaft B, with its pinions col, driving-wheel C, with `its 'radial arms Z dl cl2, Ste., h t 3f, te., pulley D, wheel E, and endless rope m, of a hop-curing house, all arranged, relatively tofeach other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.V

3. A hop-curing house, combining the above-specified devices, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose specied.

J. S. SANDT.

Witnesses:

E. C. ZIMMERMAN, Runes GoLBY.- 

